I'm not worried. Johnson's cut his teeth on films that have received considerable critical acclaim. If he was as over-indulgent as you conject, Kennedy would have weeded him out. As it stands, he's been entrusted with a big part of the future of this franchise. Not a trivial gesture. He's doing something significantly right and impressing the higher-ups. No ponderous, up-their-own-ass director would manage the same in this type of intensely delicate arena.

But then again, the proof will be in the pudding come December 14th. Not too far away!